CTIA Wireless Foundation Awards Catalyst 2024 Winners
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"We are excited to announce our Catalyst 2024 Winners: UPchieve, Healthy Hip Hop and Maro," said Dori Kreiger, Executive Director of CTIA Wireless Foundation. "These social entrepreneurs are creating mobile-first solutions that take advantage of the speed and efficiency of wireless to address issues across education equality, child literacy, and youth mental health. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, UPchieve has impacted over 60,000 students nationwide and has facilitated more than 180,000 tutoring sessions.Catalyst also awarded finalists Healthy Hip Hop and Maro with $50,000 and $25,000 grants, respectively. Maro is a mobile app for parents that works across school, home and clinic to support the early intervention and risk detection of mental health issues in students age 7 to 18.Two additional finalists Palmplug and Patientory were each awarded Honorable Mention grants of $10,000.Catalyst 2024 marks the fifth year as the Foundations signature initiative. This year, four in five applicant organizations are led by a member/members of the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and more than 60% of the organizations are led by a person whose gender identity is female.Thank you to our Catalyst 2024 sponsors: Qualcomm, iconectiv, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, American Tower, Assurant, DLA Piper, Ellipsis Productions and Wiley Rein.For more than 30 years, CTIA Wireless Foundation has been at the forefront of wireless-driven social innovation, leading initiatives to address societal challenges such as public safety, domestic violence, childrens health, mental health and distracted driving.